Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Peden

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was no consensus. Notability is marginal but there was no consensus for deletion. The question of a merge is a matter for talk page discussion, outside this AfD. TerriersFan (talk) 19:19, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Chris Peden

Not notable. Only claim to notability is that he ran for Congress against, and lost badly to, Ron Paul. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 04:29, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, below the bar for WP:POLITICIAN. --Dhartung | Talk 05:39, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment ~~Chris Peden did serve as Mayor of a city, which WP:POLITICIAN states generally meets the criterion of notability~~. Peden also recieved a substantial amount of national press coverage (examples: [1][2][3]), and even international press coverage (examples:[4][5]), in his run for congress. Although he lost he still recieved a greater than typical amount of press coverage because his opponent was a presidential candidate.--Tdl1060 (talk) 07:07, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Friendswood is not a "major metropolitan city". It is a modest suburb of Houston. --Dhartung | Talk 19:51, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Notable, enough sources that prove notability, also in Czech language. --Dezidor (talk) 07:15, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep meets politician criteria as he has received significant news coverage and was mayor of a town. Per Tdll060. Atyndall93 | talk 10:47, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment: Being a mayor does not make someone inherently notable. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 16:42, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep. I don't read WP:POLITICIAN as giving him a pass because he was mayor. Friendswood has fewer than 30,000 residents, and I see no reliable sources coverage about his term as mayor. Furthermore, most of the sources that speak address him are blogs. Still, the sources in the article and above are enough that I think he squeaks by. Xymmax (talk) 14:46, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I have investigated further and determined that Friendswood has an elected mayor position[6]. Peden has only served as Mayor Pro Tem, a position akin to a deputy mayor, and chosen by his fellow councilmembers. The Mayor Pro Tem only acts in the absence and/or disability of the mayor, and seems primarily to fulfill this duty by presiding when the mayor is unable to attend council meetings. The city also has a professional city manager, so there is no day-to-day operations component of his responsibilities. (See mayor-council government if you are unfamiliar with this model.)--Dhartung | Talk 19:57, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I was mistaken as to the local position he held, however I still feel level of national and international press coverage he recieved satisfies the notability criterion of "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject."--Tdl1060 (talk) 20:21, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into TX-14#2008 according to what I call the Kratovil Standard. (See also the discussion of Andy Mann there.) I have just merged what I thought was good from the Peden article. Who wants to merge the several useful-looking links from this discussion into TX-14#2008? JJB 21:52, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
- Comment: I'd go for that. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 00:23, 8 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp (talk) 00:17, 11 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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